Rutgers takes gamble, loses

12:36 AM,
Aug. 31, 2013

Written by

Ryan Dunleavy
| Gannett New Jersey

If the most encouraging thing to come out of the Rutgers football team's dejecting 52-51 overtime shootout loss early Friday morning to Fresno State is the fact the previously tightly shut offensive playbook now looks wide open, then a close second is the reason for the change in philosophy.

Rutgers coach Kyle Flood, who was criticized for playing it too safe during the three-game losing streak to end his rookie season, said it is not because he decided he needed to be more aggressive over the offseason or because it is the style of first-year coordinator Ron Prince, a former head coach himself.